Recent reviews by pielars

If you play alone, this can get pretty boring quickly.
Despite the great skill-based gameplay, that usually doesn't keep it interesting for too long.
I play this game solely on competitive mode and I have a blast, because I play with friends.
If you have a group with four other friends willing to communicate, you'll have the best time of your gamelife.
The CS formula's been out there for years, and I've been playing since CS 1.5 IIRC, yet I'm still pretty bad.
But playing competitive with friends makes strategy a big deal, it's really fun, and it generally makes up for lack of skill.
My school friends and I went studying abroad all to different places, and this game really served as a link.
Like a group call on skype, but funnier.
Plus how fun is it to have a cold beer while learning how to curse in a handful of languages?
Good times.

I've been playing this game for quite a while, Shadows of Angmar days in 2008.
I have stopped with this game quite a few times. Yet I still comeback and play it.
It's like the classic MMO but with the LOTR lore, sounds awesome.
The game plays great, even though they use target-tabbin, I have yet to see such fluid combat in other MMO.
It feels great. You really feel like you're hitting or being hit. This is one of the reasons I keep coming back.
The PVP can be freaking awesome and incredibly tedious.
Questing can actually be fun, but to get from 1 to 100 should take so long that I'd doubt it feels fun after a while.
PVE used to be really great, but the old content is abandoned and they haven't released a new raid in a while now.
The community is one of the best assets of the game, I have made quite a few friends for life over here.
Finally, with all the great things I had to say, and that keep me coming back, I must say:

This is Free-To-Play until some point. You can always play it, but you'll eventually need to take some money off your pocket to unlock later content. The currency you buy, Turbine Points, can be gathered through gameplay, but to get enough would take over a thousand hours.

P.S.: This isn't a P2W game. They surely sell a lot of convenience, and people who pay can really get to that point with less effort, but they don't really sell advantage (anymore).